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Advanced Audio Coding (audio compression format defined by the
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Application Binary Interface
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Area Border Router
Available Bil Rate
Active Directory

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• ADC : Analog -to- Digital converter

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• ADC : Apple Display Connector (DVI vartant)
• AH : Active Hub
• AHA : Accelerated Hub Architecture

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• Ajax : Asynchronous JavaSeript and XML
• AL : Active Link

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• ALGOL : Algorithmic Language

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• ALU : Arithmetic and Logical Unit
• AM : Active Monitor

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• AMD : Advanced Micro Devices
• AMR : Audio Modern Riser

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• AOE : ATA over Ethernet
• APCI : Application - LAyer Protocol Control Information

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• API : Application Programming Interface
• APIPA : Automatic Private IP Adderssing
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American Standard Code for Information interchange
Abstract Semantic Graph
Application Service Provider
Abstract Syntax Tree
Advanced Technology Arrachment
• ATM : Asynchronouns Transfer Mode
• AVC : Advanced Video Coding
• AVI : Audio Video Interleaved
• AWT : Abstract Windowing Toolkit

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• BASIC : Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolle Instruction Code
• BCD : Binary Coded Decimal
• BEEP : Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocal
• BER : Bit Error Rate
• BFD : Binary File Descriptor
• BGP : Border Gateway Protocal
• Bin : Binary

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• BINAC : Binary Automatic Computer
• BIOS : Basic Input Output System

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• bit : Binary Digit
• BIob : Binary large object

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• BIog : Web Log
• BMP : Basic multilingual plane

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• BOOTP : Bootstrap Protocal

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• BPEL : Business Process Execution Language

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• Bps : Bits Per Second

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Computer - Alded Design

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Computer- Alded Engineering
Computer- Alded Instruction

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• CAT : Computer- Alded Translation
• CAQ : Computer - Alded Quality Assurance
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CD-ROM
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Compact Disc
CD-Recordable
CD Read- Only Memory
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Computer Graphics
Colour Graphics Array
Common Gateway Inerface
Common Internet Filesystem
• CLI : Command Line Interface
• CLR : Common Language Runtime
• CNC : Computer Numerical Control
• COBOL : Common Business-Oriented Language
• CPU : Central Processing Unit
• CRT : Cathode Ray Tube
• CSI : Common System Interface

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• CT : Computerized Tomography
• CTCP : Client-To- Client Protocol
• CTL : Computational Tree Logic
• CTS : Clear To Send
• CUA : Common User Access

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• DAC : Digital-To-Analog Converter
• DAP : Directory Access Protocol

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• DB : Database
• DBA : Database Administrator

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• DBMS : Database Management System
• DCC : Direct Client-to-Client

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• DDR : Double Data Rate
• DES : Data Encryption Standard
• DFD : Data Flow Diagram

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• DFS : Distributed File System

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• DHTML : Dynamic HTML

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• DIVX : Digital Vedio Express
• DLL : Dynamic Link Library
• DLP : Digital Light Proccessing
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• Direct Memory Access
• DOS : Disk Operating System
• DPI : Dots Per Inch
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DOS Protected Mode Interface

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Digital Subscriber Line
Domain-Specific Language

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• DSN : Database Source Name (ODBC)
• DTE : Data Terminal Equipment

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• DTR : Data Terminal Ready
• DVD : Digital Versatile Disc

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• DVD : Digital Video Disc
• DVD-R : DVD-Recordable

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• DVD-ROM : DVD-Read Only Memory
• DVD-RW : DVD-Rewritable
• DVI : Digital Visual Interface
• DVR : Digital Video Recorder

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• EAP : Extensible Authentication Protocol
• EBCDIC : Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• EDO : Extended Data Out
• EEPROM : Electronically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• EFF : Electronic Frontier Foundation

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• EFI : Extensible Firmware Interface
• EGA : Enhanced Graphics Array
• EGP : Exterior Gateway Protocol
• eID : Electronic ID card
• EIGRP : Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
• ELF : Executable and Linkable Format
• ELM : Electronic Mail
• ENIAC : Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator.
• EOF : End of File
• EOL : End of Lile
• EOM : End of Message

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• EPROM : Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• EUC : Extended Unix Code

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• EXE : EXEcutable

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• FAP : FORTRAN Assembly Program

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• FAT : File Allocation Table

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• FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions

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• FDC : Floppy Disk Controller
• FDD : Floppy Disk Drive
• FIFO : First In First Out

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• FHS : Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
• FCS : Frame Check Sequence
• FPU : Floating Point Unit
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File System
Front Side Bus
File Transfer Protocol

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• FXP : File Exchange Protocol

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GB
GCR

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Gigabit
Gigabyte
Group Code Recording
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GIF
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GPU
GUI
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Graphics Device Interface
Graphics Interchange Format
Garbage In, Garbage Out
Graphics Processing Unit
Graphical User Interface

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• HAL : Hardware Abstraction Layer
• HCI : Human Computer Interaction
• HDD : Hard Disk Drive
• HD DVD : High Definition DVD

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• HDL : Hardware Description Language
• HHD : Hybrid Hard Drive
• HID : Human Interface Device
• HIG : Human Interface Guidelines
• HPFS : High Performance File System
• HSM : Hierarchical Storage Management
• HTM : Hierarchical Temporal Memory
• HTML : Hypertext Markup Language
• HTTP : Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• HTTPd : Hypertext Transport Protocol Daemon
• HTX : Hyper Transport eXpansion

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• HURD : Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons
• HVD : Holographic Versatile Disc

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International Business Machines
Control Message Protocol
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• ICP : Internet Cache Protocol

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• IDL : Interface Definition Language

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• IE : Internet Explorer
• IGMP : Internet Group Management Protocol
• IGRP : Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

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• IHV : Independent Hardware Vendor
• IIOP : Internet Inter-Orb Protocol
• IIS : Internet Information Services
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Instant Messaging

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Internet Message Access Protocol
Input/Output

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• IP : Internet Protocol
• IPC : Inter-Process Communication

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• IPP : Internet Printing Protocol
• IPsec : Internet Protocol security

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• IPTV : Internet Protocol Television
• IPX : Internetwork Packet Exchange

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• IRC : Internet Relay Chat
• IRP : I/O Request Packet
• IRQ : Interrupt Request
• ISC : Internet Storm Center
• ISO : International Organisation for Standardization
• ISOC : Internet Society
• ISP : Internet Service Provider
• ISR : Interrupt Service Routine
• ISV : Independent Software Vendor
• IT : Information Technology
• ITU : International Telecommunication Union

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• J2CE : Java 2 Cryptographic Edition
• JDS : Java Desktop System
• JMX : Java Management Extensions
• JMS : Java Message Service
• JNDI : Java Naming and Directory Interface
• JNI : Java Native Interface
• JPEG : Joint Photographic Experts Group
• JS : JavaScript

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• JSON : JavaScript Object Notation
• JSP : JavaServer Pages

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• JUG : Java Users Group

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Kilobyte
Kilohertz A
• LAN :
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Local Area Network

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• LIFO : Last In First Out
• LSB : Least Significant Bit

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Metropolitian Area Network

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• MANET : Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
• Mb : Megabit

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• MB : Megabyte
• MBCS : Multi Byte Character Set
• MBR : Master Boot Record
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MIMO
MIPS
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Multiple Document Interface
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
Million Instructions Per Second
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Multi-Media Extensions
• MNG : Multiple-Image Network Graphics
• MPEG : Motion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
• MPL : Mozilla Public License
• MSB : Most Significant Bit
• MS-DOS : Microsoft DOS
• MVS : Multiple Virtual Storage

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• NEXT : Near-End CrossTalk
• NFS : Network File System
• NIO : New I/O
• NMI : Non-Maskable Interrupt
• NNTP : Network News Transfer Protocol
• NOP : No Operation
• NOS : Network Operating System
• NT (Windows) : New Technology

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• NTP : Network Time Protocol

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Optical Character Recognition
Optical Mark Reader
Object-Oriented Programming

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• OPML : Outline Processor Markup Language
• OS : Operating System
• OSS : Open-Source Software

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• P2P : Peer-To-Peer
• PAN : Personal Area Network

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• PAP : Password Authentication Protocol
• PATA : Parallel ATA

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• PC : Personal Computer
• PCI : Peripheral Component Interconnect

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• PCle : PCI Express
• PCL : Printer Command Language

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• PGA : Pin Grid Array
• PIC : Peripheral Interface Controller
• PIC : Programmable Interrupt Controller

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• PINE : Program for Internet News & Email
• PIO : Programmed Input/Output

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• PnP : Plug-and-play
• PoE : Power PC
• PPC : Pixels Per Inch
• PPPoA : PPP over ATM
• PPPoE : PPP over Ethernet
• PPTP : Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
• PSU : Power Supply Unit

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• QDR : Quad Data Rate
• QFP : Quoted For permanence
• QoS : Quality of Service

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• RADIUS : Remote Authentication Dial In User service
• RAID : Redundant Array of Independent Disks
• RAM : Random Access Memory
• RARP : Reverser Address Resolution Protocol
• RDBMS : Rlational Database Management System
• RDF : Resource Description Framework
• REFAL : REcursive Functions Algoritmic Language
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Routing Information Protocol
Read Only Memory
Read-Out Motherboard

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• RTOS : Real Time Operating System

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SAN
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Software as a Service

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Storage Area Network
Serial ATA
Simple API for XML
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SBU
SCSI
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Serial Bus Protocol 2

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Standard Build Unit
Small Computer System Interface
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SDN
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EESimple DirectMedia Layer

Service Delivery Network
Software-Defined Radio
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SDRAM
SMBIOS
SMTP

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Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
System Management BIOS
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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• SP : Service Pack
• SPI : Serial Peripheral Interface
• SQL : Structured Query Language
• SUS : Single UNIX Specification
• SVD : Structured VLSI Design

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• TCP : Transmission Control Protocol
• TCP/IP : Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

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• TTA : True Tap Audio
• TTF : True Type Font
• TTS : Text-to-Speech
• TTY : Teletype

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• UAC : User Account Control
• UART : Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
• UEFI : Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
• UI : User Interface

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• UL : Upload
• UPS : Uninterruptible Power Supply

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• URI : Uniform Resource Identifier
• URL : Uniform Resource Locator

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• URN : Uniform Resource Name
• USB : Universal Serial Bus

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VBA
VBS
VDU
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Visual Basic
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Visual Basic for Applications
Visual Basic Script
Visual Display Input
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VFAT
VFS
VGA
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Virtual FAT
Virtual File System
Video Graphics Array
Video Graphics Character Table

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• VLAN : Virtual Local Area Network
• VM : Virtual Memory

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• VOD : Video On Demand
• VoIP : Voice over IP

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• VPN : Virtual Private Network
• VT : Video Terminal

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WAIS
WAN
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Wide Area File Services
Wide Area Information Server•
Wide Area Network
Wireless Application Protocol
• Wi-Fi : Wireless Fidelity
• WiMAX : Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Acess
• WinFS : Window Future Storage
• WINS : Windows International Naming Service
• WLAN : Wireless Local Area Network
• WMA : Windows Media Audio
• WMV : Windows Media Video

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• WO L : Wake-on-LAN
• WOM : Wake-on-Modem
• WP A : Wi-Fi Protected Access
• WSDL : Web Services Description Language
• WUSB : Wireless Universal Serial Bus
• WWAN : Wireless Wide Area Network
• WWID : World Wide Area Identifier
• WWW : World Wide Web

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• XAML : eXtensible Application Markup Language
• XHTML : eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language

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• XML : eXtensible Markup Language
• XMMS : X Multimedia System

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• XNS : Xerox Network Services
• XSL : eXtensible Stylesheet Language

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• XSL-FO : eXtensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects
• XSLT : eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations

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• XUL : XML User Interface Language

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• Y2K : Year Two Thousand

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Zero Insertion Force Socket

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• ZISC : Zero Instruction Set Computer
• ZMA : Zone Multicas Address

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